The official data from the Ministry of the Interior make it possible to draw up the sociological and political profile of the candidates for the legislative elections.
11 candidates per constituency
The number of applications is down significantly.
6,293 candidates are running for the vote of voters, i.e. 1,588 candidates less than in 2017. Since the legislative elections of 1997, this number has never been so low.
The union of the left contributes in part to this movement.
The New People's Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) coalition presents 549 candidates, when La France insoumise, Europe Écologie-Les Verts, the Communist Party and the Socialist Party had separately invested 1,890 in 2017.
But that does not explain everything because simultaneously, young parties are present for the first time.
This is the case of Éric Zemmour's training, Reconquête!
(551 candidates).
Therefore, should we read the decrease in the number of candidates as a new symptom of the decline in the political commitment of the French?
The average number of candidates...
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